Factitive Definition

făktĭ-tĭv
adjective
Designating or of a verb that expresses the idea of making, calling, or thinking something to be of a certain character, using a noun, pronoun, or adjective as a complement to its direct object (Ex.: make the dress short, elect him mayor)
Webster's New World

(linguistics, of a verb) Causative.

Wiktionary

(linguistics, rare, of a verb) Factive.

Wiktionary

Origin of Factitive

  • New Latin factitīvus from Latin factitāre to do, practice frequentative of facere to do dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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